When winter comes, rhinitis comes? Chinese medicine to teach you a few tricks to relieve the symptoms of rhinitis

After winter, the climate is cold, the temperature drops, and the environment becomes dry, under such conditions, rhinitis patients’ rhinitis can easily recur. When rhinitis strikes, nasal discharge, snoring, dizziness, dry throat, all these uncomfortable symptoms come to “report”, which is unbearable, and these symptoms will affect the daily work and life. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get the best out of the company.

Why does rhinitis strike in winter when the temperature drops? The cold air is the “culprit”

“The head is the place where the whole body converges, the nose is in the center of the head and face, the most Yang gathering place, blood flow is rich, when cold is condensed, called cold condensation (condensation), cold evil injury Yang, condensation is not pass. The change in temperature in winter can easily lead to vasospasm in the nasal cavity, tissue hypoxia, lowered nasal mucosa temperature, reduced cilia clearance, and reduced resistance to viruses, which can easily lead to rhinitis attacks.” Xia Ji Yan, deputy director of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at University Hospital of Guangdong Province, points out that changes in temperature not only affect rhinitis patients, when hit by cold winds, it may cause the mucosal vessels in the nasal cavity to dilate and rupture and bleed or increase glandular secretion, resulting in nasal congestion and runny nose. Therefore, it is easy to have a rhinitis attack when the weather is cold, and even if there is no rhinitis, there are many people who will have clear water-like nasal discharge, and the climate The relationship is inseparable.

Patients who have rhinitis know the “temperament” of rhinitis, and it can come out frequently in winter, but it can also come out at other times to cause trouble. In addition to the cold weather, what other factors can cause rhinitis to flare up? The director of the family doctor told the editors that there are two other common factors that can lead to rhinitis attacks in life.

First, airborne viruses, bacteria and other pathogens can lead to inflammation of the nose, the first hurdle of breathing, followed by downward progression of the disease, bronchitis, pneumonia, for example, new crown pneumonia starts early symptoms are also manifested as rhinitis, pharyngitis, the disease progresses before the lung infection, the stronger the virulence of the pathogenic bacteria, the faster the disease progresses.

Second, common substances in life, such as pollen, house dust, mites can also be inhaled through the nose leading to the onset of allergic rhinitis, some rhinitis patients go to dusty places or smell irritating odors, but also immediately appear sneezing, runny nose.

Runny nose, itchy nose, decreased sense of smell? It is likely that rhinitis is on its way.

There are different types of rhinitis, which can be classified as allergic rhinitis and non-allergic rhinitis according to the cause, and acute rhinitis and chronic rhinitis according to the speed of onset, and the clinical manifestations of different types of rhinitis are also different. The most common symptom of rhinitis is nasal congestion and increased nasal discharge, which are symptoms of almost all types of rhinitis, according to Director Xia Jiyan. The more common rhinitis, such as allergic rhinitis, has symptoms of nasal congestion and clear (egg-white) nasal discharge, in addition to paroxysmal nasal itching and sneezing, and some patients may also experience itchy eyes, itchy throat and itchy ears. It is also important to note that a sudden loss of sense of smell may also be a symptom of rhinitis.

Among the common diseases, the symptoms of cold and rhinitis are similar, such as nasal congestion, runny nose and sneezing, which can be easily confused. The first is to see if the cold is self-limiting, usually about 7 days can be self-cured, if the symptoms do not improve after 7 days, or even worsen, clear snot to pus, this is not a cold but rhinitis; second is to see if there are systemic symptoms, the cold is usually accompanied by systemic symptoms, such as fever, fatigue, body aches or throat The second is to see if there are systemic symptoms.

The most important thing is that you have to be able to get a good idea of what you are doing.

The most important thing is that you have to be able to get a good idea of what you are doing. “snoring”, which is very likely to induce cardiovascular and neurological diseases. In addition, long-term rhinitis, enlarged turbinates, not only affect the drainage of the sinuses leading to sinusitis, will also compress the opening of the eustachian tube, leading to secretory otitis media, these are the hazards that rhinitis may bring.

What can be done to help improve the symptoms of rhinitis, which is so difficult to treat? According to Director Xia Ji Yan, Chinese medicine treatment for rhinitis is divided into internal and external treatment, internal treatment is the internal consumption of Chinese medicine tonics. The external treatment methods are more such as herbal nebulizer fumigation, herbal nose drops, acupressure, moxibustion, acupuncture, auricular pressure beads (beans), acupuncture point compressing, sky moxibustion, intradermal acupuncture (snap acupuncture), etc., which can be used according to the patient’s condition and physical identification, all can play a certain effect on relieving the symptoms of rhinitis.

When it comes to the treatment of rhinitis, hormones are the more commonly used drugs in the treatment of rhinitis, which are divided into nasal hormones and oral hormones. In general, it is recommended to use nasal hormones first, that is, hormones in nasal spray. The conventional usage is to use in the morning, two sprays per nose for adults, and it is necessary to pay attention in the usage method to spray with crossed hands, that is, the right hand sprays the left nasal cavity in the direction of holding the left corner of the eye. Oral hormones are rarely used in the treatment of rhinitis. Even in allergic rhinitis, oral hormones are only considered in very serious cases where other medications and treatments are ineffective, and the specific treatment plan still needs to be evaluated by a professional doctor before being decided.